Vending-machine.



R. L. MEYERS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.19, 1916.

1,212,662. Patented Jan.16,1917.

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.VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1916.

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i OFFICE.

RAYMOND L. MEYERS', or MILLER, INDIANA.

\ VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. t nt Jan. 1 1917 Application filedApril 19, 1916. Serial "no. 92,204.

To all who mjz't may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND L MEYnRs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Miller, in the county of Lake,State of Indiana, have invented a. new and useful Vending-Machine; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in theart towhich it vappertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to an improved vending machine, forvendingvarious packages and the like, and an object of the invention isto provide a device of this kindhaving an endless ca'rrier for thepackages or the like in combinationjwith means controlled by a coin, forimparting an intermittent motion to the endless carrier, whereby saidpackages may be delivered one at a time. v

In practical fiel'dsthe details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed. e

, The invention comprises further features and'combination of parts, ashereinafter set- -forth,.. shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:Figure .1 is a view in perspective of the. vendingmachine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on.

line 33 of Fig. 1.v Fig. 4Iis a sectional view on line 4-i-4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line .5 5'of Fig."3,show1ng the coincontrolled mea'ns 'out of engagement.

with the tooth disk, which 'isucarried by one of'the sprockets of theendlesscarrier. Fig.

- p 1051s, a detail perspective view of a plate to be secured 1 over theinlet end of the coin chute. Fig- 11 shows detail views of a slug .the's'ize of a coin for controlling the means for actuating the endlesscarrier.

Referring. more es jeei 'lly to the drawin I 1 designates afsuita lecasing, inwhich t e I ,pickagevending mechanism is arranged. 5

'ou'nted in suitable' b'eai ing's 2 i d e er the the threads 9.

shelves.

arged detail sectional View of the outlet 'end'of the coin chutecopposite sides of the casing arethe upper and lower shafts 4 and 5. Eachof the shafts consists of three sections, the intermediate section 6 andthe two end stud sections 7 and 8. The intermediate section 6 is hollow,and into the opposite ends thereof the stud sections 7 and 8 arethreadedby means of threaded on the opposite ends of the inter mediate:section 6 of the lower shaft 5, and

sprockets12 and 13 are threaded upon the opposite ends of theintermediate section 6 of the upper shaft 4. Lock nuts 14 and 15 arethreaded upon the intermediate section "of the lower shaft 5, to holdthe sprockets 10 and 11 in nuts 16 "and 17 threaded upon theintermediate section of the upper shaft 4, to hold place, there alsobeing the lock the sprockets'1-2and 13 in position. Endless carrierchains 18 extend about the upper and lower sprockets 12 and 13, and 10and .11, and these endless carrier sprocket chains are connected by" therods 19, which pass through the sleeves 20 ofthe extensions 21 of thepackage supporting or. carrying Sprockets 10 and 11 are It is tobenote'd that the carrier sprocket I chains move in the direction of thearrow a,

. therefore,'y when the supporting shelves 22 are moving downwardlycarrying any suit- "jable packagestobevended, said shelves are heldsupported in horizontal position by meansof the chains '23. However,when the supporting shelves 22 are moving upwardly,

as shown in Fig. 2 they 'are-sus pended downwardly. Secured to thesprocket wheel 10 by means of the stud pins 24 is a disk 25 having teeth26 or lugs which are L-shaped as shownin- Fig. 4. ,Theselugs are atconsiderable s aced intervals apart. Secured.

upon the s aft, 5, for instance to the stud section 8 by means of, thepin 27 isan an-.

gular lever 28; the arm29- of which at its extremity is. provided with alateral extending pin 30,*-..,a'dapted to enga e one or another ofthat-shaped lugs '26 o the disk 25, whenit is desired to move theendless -ca.rrier.- Secured ito 'oneside of the casing 1 of the machineis 1a bracket- 31, to which a spring detent 32 is secured. The extremity'of thisjspringfdetent, in elevation as shown in Fig. 4 is angular, andwhich right angular portion-in plan view extends laterally,;and isprovided with a cutaway part 34,, the purpose of which will appearlater.

The extremity of the lateral portion of the right angle part is providedwith an enlargement 35, of the shape shown in Fig. 4 to sweep againstthe peripheral edge of the disk 25, so as to frictionally stop the samein its'movement. The arm 36 of the lever 28 is designed to engage theenlargement 35 at the extremity of the lateral part of the detent, thatis when the lever 28 is moved in the direction of the arrow 1) todisengage the enlargement from the edge of the disk 25, so that the diskmay be rotated, as well as the sprockets and the carrier chains. Alsoattached to the arm 29 of the lever 28 is a rod 38 extending through thefront wall of the casing 1 and is provided with a hand hold or knob 39,whereby the rod 38 may be actuated. On the rod 38 is an integral collar40 to engage the inner face of thefront wall of the casing 1, to limitthe rod 38 in its outward movement. A coin or slug chute 41 extends fromthe front wall of the easing 1 downwardly and rearwardly and terminatesin a curved portion 42, the extremity 43 of which is flat and rests uponashelf 44: of one side of the casing. When a coin or slug is depositedin the chute 41 it slides or travels until it reaches the flat extremity43 of the chute, where it engages between one face of the disk 25 and.the shoulder 46 of'the flat extremity. The coin or slug in this positionis directly in the path of the arm 29 of the lever 28. When the rod 38is pulled outwardly, the arm 29 of the lever 28 forces its way betweenthe coin or slug and one face of the disk 25. This action pushes thelever 28 laterally toward thedisk, sufiiciently so that the lugv 30 willengage one of the L-shaped lugs 26,

at the same time the extremity of the arm- 36 of the lever 28 engagesthe enlargement 35 of the lateral portion of said detent, therebyfrictionally releasing the disk 25. Upon further'movement of the rod 38outwardly from the casing, the endless carrier is moved suflicientlyuntil the collar 40 engages the front wall of the casing, whereby one ofthe supporting shelves ma deliver a package through the opening d8 ofthe casing 1. When the rod 38 is released, the spring 49 (one end ofwhich is connected to the arm 29 of the lever 28 and the other end isconnected at 50 to the casing 1) returns the lever 28 to its normalposition, the arm 29 in thus moving throws the slug or coin rearwardlythrough the opening 50 at the rear of the flat part 43 of the chute,which coin or slug drops down into the lower part the casing is somewhatfilled with slugs or cointhey may be removed by opening the.

closure 52. The inlet part ofthe coin chute 4:1 is covered by suitableplates 53 having av slot 54, one end of which'i'sprovided with, a lug55. This slot 54 is just ofa size to action of its spring. 1

receive the form of a slug 56 shown in Fig. 11, there being a groove 57extending partially of the edge of the slug so as to receive the lug 55.

It is the object of the owners of a machine of this kind to sell theslugs to the patrons, therefore, slugs designed especially to passthrough the opening 54 can only be used.

The front of the casing 1 is provided with a suitable glass or othertransparent closure 60.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis,:-

1. In va package vending machine, the combination of a revoluble memberprovided with a plurality of L-shaped lugs and a shaft on which saidrevoluble memberis mounted, of a detent bearing frictionally on saidrevoluble member to retard the same in its movement, a rocking leverspring tensioned comprising two arms and adapted to be shifted axiallyon said shaft when rocked,

the other arm engages the detent to disengage the detent from therevoluble member, wherebythe revoluble member may be actuated, and meansfor rocking said lever.

2. In a package vending machine, the

combination of a revoluble member provided with a plurality of lL-shapedlugs and a shaft on which said revoluble member is mounted,"of a detentbearingfrictionally on said revoluble member'to retard the same in itsmovement, a rockable spring tensioned device carried by said shaftanddesigned to be shifted axially when rocked on said shaft, means to holda coin to be engaged by said device when rocked to shift said device,said device having means to en age one of the L-shaped lugs of therevolu le member and means to engage the detent when the device isrocked and shifted, to disengage the detent' from the revoluble member.whereby the member may be actuated, and means for rocking said deviceagainst the 3. In a package vending machine, the

combination of a revoluble member provided with a plurality oft-shapedlugs and a shaft-On which said member is mounted, of, a jdetjent bearingfrictionally .on' said member to retard the same in its movement,

'faifrockable spring tensioned. device carried of the caslng, and whenthe lower part ofby said: shaft and designed to be shifted axially whenrockedv on said shaft, means to hold a coin'which is engaged by saiddevice when rocked to shift the device, said device from the member,whereby the member may be actuated, and means} for rocking said deviceagainst the actionof its spring.

4. In a package vending machine, the combination of a revoluble memberprovided with a. plurality of L-shaped lugs and a shaft on which saidinember is mounted, of a detent bearing frictionally on said member toretard the same. in its movement, a rocking lever mounted on said shaftand adapted to be shifted axially when rocked on said shaft, saidrockifi'g lever comprising two arms, the extremity of one of whichhaving a lateral lug to engageone of the L- shaped lugs of said member,an element to hold a coin to be engaged by one of the arms of the leverfor shifting the lever when rocked, so that the lateral lug engages oneof the L-shaped lugs to actuate the revoluble member, and means forrocking said lever,

whereby the other arm thereof may disengagethe detent from the membersimultaneously with the engagement of the lateral lug with one of theL-shaped lugs.

combination of a revoluble member provided with a plurality of elementsand a shaft on which said member is mounted, of

a detent bearing frictionally on said memgaged by said device whenrocked to shift the device, said device having means to enge' one of theelements of said member and provided with an arm to engage the detent vto release the detent from engagement to 5. In a package vendingmachine, the

said member, whereby themember may be actuated, and means for rockingsaid device whereby its means may engage one of the elementssubstantially simultaneously with the releasing of the detent to actuatethe member.

signed to be shifted axially when rocked on said shaft, means to hold acoin to be engaged by said device when rocked to shift the device, saiddevice having means to engage one of the elements of said member andprovided'withan arm to engage the detent to release the detent fromengagement to said member, whereby the member may be actuated, and meansfor rocking said device whereby its means may engage one of the elementssubstantially simultaneously with the releasing of the detent to actuatethe member, spring means against which said device is actuated, andmeans constructed on the detent tovpermit the device to return to itsnormal position responsive to the action of the spring means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name'to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RAYMOND L. MEYERS.

Witnesses:

' CHARL sC. GREER,

CARL XANDER.

